María Guadalupe "Lupita" Jones Garay is a Mexican actress, television producer, and beauty pageant crowned as Miss Universe 1991. She was the first Mexican contestant to win the crown.
The Miss Nevada USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Nevada in the Miss USA pageant.
Crystle Danae Stewart is an American actress, host, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss USA 2008. Stewart later began an acting career, starring as a real estate agent Leslie Morris on the OWN/TBS comedy-drama television series For Better or Worse from 2011 to 2017 and in 2018 starred in the thriller film Acrimony.
Patricia Yurena Rodríguez Alonso is a Spanish model, actress, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned both Miss Spain 2008 and Miss Universe Spain 2013. She represented Spain at Miss World 2008, where she placed in the top fifteen, and at Miss Universe 2013, where she was the first runner-up, becoming the highest-placing Spanish delegate since Teresa Sánchez López was first runner-up at Miss Universe 1985.
Miss Universe Botswana is a beauty pageant that was first held in 1999, with winner competing in the Miss Universe pageant.
Miss USA 2009, the 58th Miss USA pageant was held at the Theatre for the Performing Arts in Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 19, 2009. At the conclusion of the final night of competition, Kristen Dalton of North Carolina was crowned by outgoing titleholder Crystle Stewart of Texas.
Miss Jamaica Universe is a beauty pageant that selects the contestant to represent Jamaica at the Miss Universe beauty pageant.
Miss Guam is a national beauty pageant in Guam.
Kristen Jeannine Dalton-Wolfe is an American actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss USA 2009 and represented the United States at Miss Universe 2009 pageant.
Miss Jamaica World is a national beauty pageant in Jamaica that selects a contestant to represent the country in the Miss World beauty pageant.
Miss USA 2010, the 59th Miss USA pageant, was held at the Theatre for the Performing Arts in Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on May 16, 2010. Kristen Dalton of North Carolina, crowned her successor, Rima Fakih of Michigan as Miss USA 2010 at the end of this event.
Jesinta Franklin is an Australian model and beauty pageant titleholder. Franklin won Miss Universe Australia 2010 and represented Australia at Miss Universe 2010, placing 2nd Runner-Up.
Alyssa Marie Campanella is an American model, blogger, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss USA 2011. Having previously been crowned Miss California USA 2011, Campanella was the sixth woman representing California to win the Miss USA title. As Miss USA, Campanella represented the United States at Miss Universe 2011, where she placed in the top sixteen. A native of New Jersey, Campanella was also crowned Miss New Jersey Teen USA 2007 and placed as the first runner-up at Miss Teen USA 2007.
Nagma Shrestha is the National Director of Miss Universe Nepal organization. She is the Miss Universe Nepal 2017, Miss Nepal Earth 2012 and is the first Miss Nepal to represent in Miss Universe pageant held on 26 November 2017 in Las Vegas, USA. She represented Nepal in Miss Earth 2012 which was held on 24 November 2012 in Philippines, where she reached the top 8, and became the first ever beauty queen from Nepal to reach the finals in an international pageant. She was the 3rd runner up in World Miss University 2016 in China. She is the winner of Best Tourism Video award at Miss Eco Universe 2016 in Egypt. She did her schooling at South Point Boarding High School, and completed her BBA course from Times Business School. She has been a video jockey for Image Channel since 2009 through shows like SMS N More, Music of Your Choice and On The Road. She is a producer and presenter of her show Steps, a travel show,which was aired on Image Channel. She is also a very popular emcee/host.
Chantal Zaky is a Jamaican-American model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Jamaica Universe 2012 and represented Jamaica at the Miss Universe 2012 pageant.
The Big Four or the Big League Pageants refers to the four major international beauty pageants for women – Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss International and Miss Earth. The group was first described by the China Daily newspaper in 2004 as "the world's four major beauty contests". In April 2008, the Alibaba Group's South China Morning Post described them as "four of the world's top beauty pageants"; the same description was also used by South Korea's leading newspaper, Chosun Ilbo in 2010. In 2017, the Latin Times considered the group as the "most important pageants in the world". In 2018, NBC News referred to them as the "four biggest international pageants", while Agencia EFE delineated them in 2019 as the "four most influential beauty pageants in the world".
Nia Temple Sanchez Booko is an American model, television presenter, and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss USA 2014. Sanchez is the first contestant from Nevada to be crowned Miss USA. She represented the United States in the Miss Universe 2014 competition on January 25, 2015, and placed 1st runner-up.
Kaci Fennell-Shirley is Jamaican television host, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Jamaica Universe 2014 and represented her country at the Miss Universe 2014 pageant.
Myriam Carolina Arévalos Villalba is a Paraguayan model and beauty pageant titleholder who after being crowned Miss Mundo Paraguay at the Nuestra Belleza Paraguay 2014 pageant represented her country at the Miss World 2014 pageant held in London. She also represented Paraguay at Miss Universe 2015 held in Las Vegas.
Phạm Thị Hương is a Vietnamese model, college lecturer and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned as Miss Universe Vietnam 2015 on October 3, 2015 at Crown Convention Center, Nha Trang City, Vietnam. She represented Vietnam at Miss Universe 2015 but unplaced.
